Cheap easy fast way is to move /etc/hosts somewhere else prior to upgrade. Not sure if things like sysmerge will help
On 11/4/08, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Kenneth R Westerback > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 02:37:40PM -0800, Chris wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Alexander Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > I doubt he's trying to install stuff to the ramdisk... >>> >>> Thanks all for your help. >>> >>> My current OpenBSD 4.3 installation is sitting on / (/var, /home, >>> /root and everything else is under /) - only one partition. And I have >>> about 34.7g free in there. So my / is not small and has gigs of space >>> free available. Also, my /etc/hosts file is 666K. >>> >>> Thanks for any further help. >>> >> >> The upgrade.sh script will copy the hosts file onto the ramdisk. A >> 666K hosts file is enough to be problematic I suspect. > > Yes, you are right. It was the /etc/hosts file. The installation went > smoothly after removing lots of entries from there. > > Most of the entries of my /etc/hosts file actually come from > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm - it basically blackholes > unwanted sites. Is there any way I can get around the upgrade issue > without having to remove entries from my /etc/hosts file? Thanks. > > -- http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." -- Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation. "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford learn french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1G-3laJJP0&feature=related
